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Constance Reid (1918–2010)

Autor(a) de Hilbert

10 Works 556 Membros 9 Críticas

About the Author

Includes the name: Constance Bowman Reid

Image credit: George Csicsery

Obras por Constance Reid

Hilbert (1970) 126 exemplares
A Long Way from Euclid (1709) 64 exemplares
Courant (1976) 49 exemplares
Neyman (1982) 25 exemplares
Hilbert-Courant (1986) 21 exemplares

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1918-01-03
Data de falecimento
2010-10-14
Sexo
female
Nacionalidade
USA
Local de nascimento
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Local de falecimento
San Francisco, California, USA
Relações
Robinson, Julia (sister)
Prémios e menções honrosas
George Pólya Award (1987)

Membros

Críticas

A fascinating topic, but unfortunately not that fascinating of a take on it. Or maybe I wasn't in the mood? Or maybe I wish I had read the original edition? In any case, I'm glad I found it, but also glad it was relatively brief. Much of a muchness in the genre.
 
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beautifulshell | 5 outras críticas | Aug 27, 2020 |
Amusingly illustrated anecdotal contemporary account of life as a "Rosie". highly entertaining a must read for anyone interested in women's war work in the US during WWII.
 
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mouse612 | 5 outras críticas | Sep 21, 2017 |
An early entry in the mathematical popularization genre. Nice start, but a little muddled and disorganized.
 
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themulhern | 1 outra crítica | Aug 1, 2015 |
We are probably most of us aware of Rosie the Riveter and that women joined the workforce in large numbers in WWII to build the materials needed to win the war. This is a look into what it actually felt like to go work on the line building the machines of war. And how did society react to women in the workforce like never before?

You can tell that the author would be delightful to sit down over a cup of coffee and talk about her experiences with. A warm and engaging tale of two friends working in a factory over their summer break. A fairly short book but worth the read.… (mais)
 
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Chris_El | 5 outras críticas | Mar 19, 2015 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
10
Membros
556
Popularidade
#44,900
Avaliação
4.0
Críticas
9
ISBN
38
Línguas
4

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